Glossophaga soricina (Pallas 1766)

[Vespertilio] soricinus Pallas 1766, Misc. Zool.: 48.

Type Locality: Surinam.

Vernacular Names: Pallas's Long-tongued Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. soricina Pallas 1766

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. antillarum Rehn 1902

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. handleyi Webster and Jones 1980

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. mutica Merriam 1898

Subspecies Glossophaga soricina subsp. valens Miller 1913

Distribution: Tamaulipas, Sonora and Trés Marías Isls (Mexico) south to the Guianas, SE Brazil, N Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Peru; Margarita Isl (Venezuela); Trinidad; Grenada (Lesser Antilles); Jamaica; perhaps Bahama Isls.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Alvarez et al. (1991); also see Timm and Genoways (2003). Phylogeography discussed by Ditchfield (2000) and Hoffmann and Baker (2001). May contain more than one species, see Hoffmann and Baker (2001).